Metameric

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In chem., pertaining to or characterized by metamerism.
  • In zoology, of or pertaining to a metamere or metamerism; being a metamere, or resulting from metamerism; situated in the long axis of the body as one of a longitudinal series of like parts; segmental; somitic.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having the same molecular formula, but possessing a different bonding structure and different properties. See isomeric.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a metamere or its formation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. exhibiting metamerism
  • adjective. (chemistry) exhibiting structural isomerism
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters
  • Word Usage
    "We also see in various organs of the rabbit, and especially in the case of the limbs and vertebral column, what is called metameric segmentation, that is, a repetition of parts, one behind the other, along the axis of the body."
    Equivalent
    divided  
    variant
    isomeric